MPCsounds Releases New Hip Hop Library

May 17, 2004

MPCsounds.com announced "Ethnic Hip Hop Collection", a new sound library for the Akai MPC1000/2000/XL/3000/LE/4000 drum machines. The library is sold on MPC CD-ROM, Zip disk, Floppy, or as downloadable sets.

The "Ethnic Hip Hop Collection" library contains over 30 melodic ethnic instruments ranging from the Kanun to the Dagoba to the Tibetian Temple, as well as, 21 ethnic percussion instruments ranging from the Talking Drum to the Djembe to the Cajon.

Both "Turbo" and "Regular" versions of the library are available. Turbo versions include over 670 stereo percussion sounds mapped out across all MPC banks and pads. All percussion is multi-sampled by an average of 16 samples. Plus each of the 30 melodic ethnic instruments is mapped across the MPC pads in both Major & Minor scales to create ethnic riffs easily on the MPC.

This large collection contains some programs that require expanded memory over the stock 2MB of the MPC2000, MPC2000xl, and MPC3000. Smaller 2MB versions exist to allow loading into unexpanded MPCs.

The full "Ethnic Hip Hop Collection" instrument list includes: Banjo, Bass Clarinets, Brazilian Whistle, Celtic Harps, Clarinets, Dagoba, Er Hu, Glockenspiel, Guato, Hammered Dulcimers, Harmonica, Kantele, Kanun, Kotos, Lyre, Mallet, Nye, Ocarina, Oud, Su Gzheng, Tars, Tibetan Temple, Agogo Bells, Berimbau, Cabasa, Cajon, Cowbell+Woodblock, Djembe, NuBell, Sleigh Bells, Talking Drum, Tombek, Chaker, Chime, Conga, Doumbek, Gankogui, Guiro, Pandeiro, Rainstick, Timbale, Triangle, and Udu.

All samples were created from original recordings. The MPC library was programmed by MPCsounds' sound designers whose credits include MTV, Sony, Universal, Interscope, Jive, Motown, Cash Money Records, and others.

The "Ethnic Hip Hop Collection" is available on MPC CD-ROM, Zip disk, Floppy, or as Downloadable sets. Prices start at $29.95.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.mpcsounds.com/.

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